acephalous

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈsɛfələs/

Adjective

acephalous

1. Headless
2. (zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
3. (botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
4. Without a leader or chief.
5. Wanting the beginning

   • A false or acephalous structure of sentence.

6. (prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable

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